Reborn：Rejecting the Blind Billionaire

"Ava, Liam is engaged to your sister now. It's time to stop interfering. We've bought your plane ticket—you'll be spending the next few years abroad. Don't come back until after Sophia's wedding."

Ava Thompson stared at her parents, who were putting on their usual act of having her best interests at heart.

And in that moment, it hit her—she had been reborn.

She was back on the very day her parents were forcing her to leave the country and abandon Liam Walker.

In her past life, they'd pressured her to go, but she had refused.

She had tried over and over to make Liam understand that she was the one he truly loved.

She had begged her parents endlessly to tell the truth, instead of letting her sister, Sophia Williams, take all the credit.

But all she got for her efforts was Liam's utter contempt.

When she lay critically injured after an accident, a nurse had called him.

His reply was ice-cold. "That's just another one of her manipulative games. Tell her not to ruin my wedding to Sophia."

Ava died on the operating table.

She watched the worldwide livestream of the wedding of the century.

She saw Liam gently slide the ring onto Sophia's finger.

She watched as everyone showered them with blessings…

Now that heaven had given her a second chance, she wouldn't be so pitiful and naive this time.

She picked up the plane ticket and answered calmly, "Fine. I'll go."

Her parents, Benjamin Clark and Olivia White, were stunned by her decisiveness.

"You're really willing to go, Ava? This isn't some trick to sabotage Sophia, is it?"

Sabotage Sophia? How ridiculous.

Liam was supposed to be hers, but they had stolen him for Sophia.

More than twenty years ago, Sophia was diagnosed with leukemia.

Benjamin and Olivia didn't think twice—they had another child just to save her.

And so, Ava was born.

Her umbilical cord blood saved Sophia, but from that day on, she lived in her sister's shadow.

Because Sophia's health was fragile, Benjamin and Olivia poured all their love into her.

Since she was little, Ava had given up everything for Sophia—her room, her friends, her competition spots…

The only thing she'd ever refused to surrender was Liam, heir to the Walker family—the boy she fell for at first sight.

He was once the untouchable golden boy, but after an accident following a birthday party, he lost his sight.

The Walker family banished him to a villa on the outskirts of town.

Ava stole the key behind his family's back.

Every day after school, she climbed the wall and slipped into the villa to keep him company.

"I'll come every day."

Her soft voice became his only comfort in the dark.

She never told him her name.

She only wrote in his palm, "Call me Kiki."

Liam would comb her hair and play the piano for her.

One stormy night, he pressed her cold hands against his chest to warm them.

The night before his surgery, he kissed her fingertips and made a promise.

"You're the first person I want to see when my sight returns. We'll be together then, okay?"

His surgery lasted twelve hours.

But when he woke, Sophia was the first person he saw.

That was Benjamin and Olivia's doing.

After learning Sophia had feelings for Liam too, they slipped sleeping pills into Ava's drink, knocking her out for a full day and night.

Then they lied to Liam, telling him Sophia had been by his side the whole time.

And just like that, Sophia took Ava's place.

Liam never doubted it.

He and Sophia became a couple, then got engaged, seemingly deeply in love.

For three years after, Ava tried again and again to tell Liam the truth—that she was the one who'd been there, that she was the one he should love.

He never believed her. Not even up to the day she died.

Ava looked at Benjamin and Olivia, their suspicion almost laughable.

"You kept pushing me to leave, and now that I've agreed, you don't trust me. Isn't that a little contradictory?"

"That's not what we meant. We're glad you're willing to go. You leave for Switzerland in two weeks. Use the time to pack and get your affairs in order."

Worried she might change her mind, they reminded her of a few details before leaving, pleased.

Back in her room, Ava had just closed the door when her phone buzzed.

A text from Liam.

"Come to The Plaza Hotel tonight at 8:00. Room 1808."

Her grip on the phone tightened.

In her past life, this message had filled her with hope.

She thought he was finally ready to listen.

But when she got there, she realized he only wanted her to see him in bed with Sophia—so she'd give up.

Back then, she had broken down sobbing.

He had said coldly, "You've seen us now, so you understand. Your sister is the only one I love."

Looking back, she had been so pathetic.

Ava took a deep breath and typed, "Okay."

…

She arrived at The Plaza Hotel exactly at 8:00 pm.

The door to room 1808 was unlocked.

Inside, Liam and Sophia were naked, tangled together.

Used condoms littered the floor.

The room reeked of sex.

Sophia shrieked when she noticed Ava standing in the doorway.

Liam lowered his head and kissed her collarbone.

He murmured tenderly, "Don't be scared. I asked Ava here to prove to her that you're the one I love. This way, she'll stop fantasizing and accept that I'll only ever be her brother-in-law."

This was Ava's second life, and her second time seeing this scene.

Still, it felt like a knife twisting in her heart.

Bloody. Agonizing.

But she knew she had to endure it.